Otago Documentary
S one who has always loved Waikouaiti and its environs, from Matanaka to Karitane, I was ehraptured ("interested" is completely inadequate here, I assure you) by the 4YA programme about this district, in the series History and Harmony in Otago. The mere fact of Waikouaiti’s comparative antiquity in Otago history is of interest (white settlers made Shomes there as far back
as 1840). Then there was the colossus who bestrode the place, Johnny Jones of legendary memory. Even the cats ,of Waikouaiti are a "famous and \magnificent species, descendants of a shipment of super-cats ‘ which arrived from Australia in mistake
for oats (the Jones handwriting was notoriously illegible). I have frequently commented on the skill of the BBC in producing a good documentary, and
lamented the lack of such skill in our own productions. But "Waikouaiti" was, to my surprise and excitement, as good a documentary as anyone could wish. Voices of Waikouaiti residents, settlers, shopkeepers, the minister, the voices of Maoris in old chants and new harmonies, all were used with discriminating craftsmanship in the making of a fine feature. The Mobile Recording Unit is the means of collecting the material-but, like a film, it is in the cutting and editing that the work of art is shaped. Let us have more of these programmes.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 514, 29 April 1949, Page 10
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218Otago Documentary New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 514, 29 April 1949, Page 10
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